AMD Athlon PRO 200GE vs AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon PRO 200GE and AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 125 Watt
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1838 vs 1511
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3926 vs 2839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	June 2018 vs May 2011
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1838 vs 1511
PassMark - CPU mark	3926 vs 2839

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB vs 4 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon PRO 200GE
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1838

1511

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3926

2839

Name	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE	AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1838	1511
PassMark - CPU mark	3926	2839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	318.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	50.533
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2268
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6568

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon PRO 200GE	AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Deneb
Family	AMD Athlon PRO Processors	AMD Phenom
Launch date	June 2018	May 2011
OPN Tray	YD200BC6M2OFB	HDZ980FBK4DGM
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1116	1118
Series	AMD Athlon PRO Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	AMD Phenom II X4 Black
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
OPN PIB		HDZ980FBGMBOX
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Compute Cores	5
Die size	192 mm	258 mm
L1 cache	192 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Transistor count	4800 million	758 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	125 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)